Steve Carney: Planer boards have their place
Steve Carney
April 24, 2024
There certainly are instances in which planer boards used for pulling crankbaits while walleye fishing will shine.
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Minnesota’s Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Be ready for early-season walleye fishing
Bruce Jean
April 23, 2024
Every angler should have Lake Mille Lacs on their fishing list, despite the catch-and-release regulations. This year, with the mild winter, we expect fishing opener to be different than previous ones. The water will be
Bob Gwizdz: Is new steelhead regulation on several Michigan streams keeping anglers away?
Bob Gwizdz
April 23, 2024
It was around noon by the time we got started recently on Michigan’s Manistee River below Tippy Dam, which is a big change from the way Jim Romine and I used to fish.
We’ve
Jerry Bush: Being a hunting mentor to a child is a great honor, but it carries great responsibilities
Jerry Bush
April 22, 2024
In 1967, at the age of 12, I benefited from a rite of passage when my father purchased my first Pennsylvania hunting license. Dad taught me how to hunt and a few things that helped
There’s plenty of ways to mess up on a spring gobbler; here’s what not to do
Mike Raykovicz
April 22, 2024
There are a lot of ways not to kill a turkey and I have discovered most of them. On the other hand, after more than 60 years of spring turkey hunting, I think I’ve become
New York Reader Stories: Trout streams and the whitetail woods are always calling
Site Staff
April 21, 2024
The steady and calm flow of the stream sounded like hundreds of marbles rushing down rocks. Watching the tinted water gave me a sense of tranquility, yet left me excited to find what was hiding
In Search of the Good Water, Part 2: Idaho’s quiet streams near Hemingway’s Ketchum, Idaho, resting place
John N. Maclean
April 20, 2024
The island was home to a small band of elk during the fall week I was there as a guest writer, and in the evening, you could hear elk bugle as they ventured up the
Oak Duke: Gobbler hunting can be like fishing
Oak Duke
April 20, 2024
Sometimes it is a long time between gobbles for a turkey hunter, kind of like a long time between bites for a fisherman. Our confidence wanes, especially poignant when on an out-of-state hunt.
I
Dave Zeug: A delayed opener on Wisconsin’s Brule River was good for this winter-weary angler
Dave Zeug
April 20, 2024
For a Brule River trout fisherman in Wisconsin, the traditional first day of spring has been on the last Saturday in March for decades.
It doesn’t matter if there is still 3 feet of
